'American Idol' Falls to 'The Voice' in Monday Debut

The Voice had 11.7 million viewers and a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49, while American Idol's time slot debut had 8.4 million viewers and a 1.8 rating.

As such, NBC'sThe Voice was able to easily lead Monday night with 11.7 million viewers and a 2.3 rating, up a tick in total audience week-to-week while dipping just two tenths in the demo. Monday's Idol was technically a week-to-week loss in the key demo, down from network's coverage of The Bachelor finale, but it was at least improved among total viewers. In fact, this is the second most-watched telecast of The Voice in the past year.

Meanwhile, Idol was down 22% in the demo from its ABC premiere on Sunday (2.2) to mark the series' lowest Week 2 showing. The average viewership for Fox's final season was 9.4 million viewers. NBC's new drama "Good Girls" was down in both measures from last week's series premiere, drawing a 1.1 and 4.7 million viewers compared to last week's 1.3 and 5.4 million. CBS and Fox tied for third in the demo with a 0.8 each.

Overall, NBC edged ABC (1.9 vs. 1.8 in 18-49, 9.4 million vs. 8.8 million) to reclaim top Monday honors that went to ABC last week on the strength of The Bachelor closer. The two originals, Man With a Plan (1.0, 6.4 million) and Living Biblically (0.7, 4.7 million) both were steady in the demo, the latter staying at a dangerously low level. Fox was fourth in viewers with 3.4 million.

For The CW, "Legends of Tomorrow" (0.4, 1.3 million) and "iZombie" (0.2, 0.74 million) were even.

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